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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
http://orsonscottcard.meetup.com/?a=reprise

This was in a google ad at the bottom. Anyone heard of it before??

AJ
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
It's a google ad for kamacon?
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
That is just bizarre. Is it trying to get us to CREATE a community, or does one really already exist? (beside here, of course!)

FG
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
It said to me that there were already 25 people signed up in the Springfield area....and that was before I signed up myself.

Elizabeth, you better be in there!
 

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Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
 
That 25 is the total number for all cities and countries I believe. It's now 27 signed up for every city I've tried.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
I signed on and found that the number didn't change after I signed on...so the 25 must have already included me!


 

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Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :
 
Hrm. Maybe someone should inform them about this website? Someone interested in OSC probably made that meetup site not knowing about Hatrack.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
How bizarre! I stumbled across that last month and was going to post it and ask . . .

I'm curious but dubious.

Do the Cards know anything about it????

*raising eyebrows curiously*
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
It's gotta be a scam or something...
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
That is why I used my hotmail account for the info...
 

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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
Meetup.com is not a scam, its a site for people with common interests to self-organize on for meetings based on geographical location.

edit: and its one of the most popular sites on the web.

[ July 24, 2004, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: fugu13 ]
 

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Posted by ak (Member # 90) on :
 
Yeah, I'm sure it must have meetings for just about any sort of interests at all. Someone from hatrack should keep up with it just to see who is over there and sucker th<ahem> welcome them into hatrack.

When do they get around to asking for money?
 

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Posted by Jutsa Notha Name (Member # 4485) on :
 
I was thinking the same. Where's the part where they charge you for something?
 

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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
There's a premium membership level, but the functionality of the free normal membership is great/enough for organizational purposes, and they guarantee it won't decrease (though they're of course always looking for additional perks to give premium members).
 

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Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
28 people for the utah one. Hmm.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 

 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Didn't someone post this a few weeks ago?
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Papa, did you join then?

Because without you, it isn't official...

[ July 24, 2004, 06:39 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
I just find it kind of creepy that the next meetup day is actually very near to the BIG meetup day in Chicago. Maybe someone should let them know...?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Orson Scott Card Fans Worldwide (and friends.) So far, 29 have signed up.

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Note the "worldwide" bit.

Well, meetup already knows me because I've signed up for other groups (never actually made it one, though). So I guess now it's 30. *hits renew* Yep.

And August 16 is just the next third-Monday-of-the-month. Weird coincidence, though . . .
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
Now when I type www . ha... in my address bar, the OSC fan meetup site is first.

(edit so that doesn't look like hypertext)

[ July 28, 2004, 11:44 AM: Message edited by: pooka ]
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Ok, I joined. I don't suspect much will result from it, though. I do think that we should post KamaCon photos there, though, or Endercon photos, or Shinda photos, or CFC photos, or Pac-NW photos, or W.MA photos....

--Pop
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Then they'll all be jealous.
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
----------It's official------------

It's for real....Papa Moose joined it!

Now they can start charging...lol
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
I wonder if these people are really fans of OSC... well, the people in the pictures look like nerds, so it must be legitimate.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Okay -- I just tried to sign up for that thing -- and they said the username Farmgirl is already taken! That is just wrong!

I can't user a different username over there than here!

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
Hey! Milwaukee is the Number 2 city! Woo! Go having two people signed up!
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
I signed up. This way I can hang out with cool people who like OSC even though I am *not* coming to Kamacon.


 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
All right . . . I'll check out the local Oly crew. And I won't rub anyone's noses in it that there is a whole wonderful Hatrack community out there . . .
 

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Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
 

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well, the people in the pictures look like nerds, so it must be legitimate.

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Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
 
Do what I do Pook - add Hatrack to your bookmark list.

I just jump directly to the forums.

-Trevor
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
"Elizabeth, you better be in there!"

I'm not! (yet)
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
OK, I voted for The Harp irish Pub, but then i realized I will be in Arizona! Oh well, it is a nice, mellow place.
 

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Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
 

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Okay -- I just tried to sign up for that thing -- and they said the username Farmgirl is already taken! That is just wrong!

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Someone has Lupus as well

I ended up using Lupus80

Sadly no one else in gainesville has signed up

[ July 27, 2004, 10:30 PM: Message edited by: Lupus ]
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
I always wonder about that. I am lizarda. Eliz and Elizabeth were taken. That is understandablebecause Elizabeth is a common name, but I doubt Farmgirl is high on the list.
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Beverly was taken too. What's up with that? Maybe they are our alter-egos from another dimension?
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Shan was already used, so I added a couple of numbers to it and got signed up.

Do you suppose they are signing up phantom people based on our Hatrack aliases and info., to make it look like there really are folks involved?



"Paranoia . . . will destroy ya . . ."


 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
There is one username pool for ALL Meetup groups. So it doesn't mean there is (necessarily) another Farmgirl, Lupus, Elizabeth, or beverly who are OSC fans and signed up before you. There are a LOT of Meetup groups. And some have been around for years.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
The OSC meet-up list . . . this seems suspicious . . . and rather familiar . . . (Jaws theme playing now)

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Shan35 (Olympia, WA)

Andraax (Minneapolis, MN)

makefate (Norfolk, VA)

S Keillan (Lafayette, IN)
Big fan of the Ender books. I went to EnderCon 2002 in Utah and had a great time.

chynnacards (Toronto, ON)

Elysse (Milwaukee, WI)
The Ender's Game quartet summarizes my own private theology and epistemology. I can't stand Scott's political stances, but somehow I agree with the premises of his prose completely.

brandon (Sacramento, CA)

AISRAELTAX (Nashua, NH)
Just learned of this group. Have been a Card fan since 1997 and have attempted to read every book he has published. Just began collecting. Rachel

cgk1964 (New Bern, NC)

menolly (San Diego, CA)

Hidden_Enigma (Long Beach, CA)

rivka (Santa Monica, CA)

Raiders (Grand Junction, CO)

Jennabug_123 (Salt Lake City, UT)
Hey everyone! My name is Jenna. I love Orson Scott Card for many reasons, he is a great writer and I love all his books that I've read also, I love the fact that he is LDS. It would be cool to talk to other fans of his! Much Loves -Jen

kalypsy (Dallas-Plano, TX)

Kwea (Springfield, MA)

mackillian (Manchester, NH)

Leonide (Reading, PA)

Boondocker (Tulsa, OK)

beverlybeebop (Provo-Orem, UT)
I am a regular on the Hatrack.com forum. I have read most of OSC's books and feel like he is my personal hero. He has influenced my life more than any other writer.

Papa Moose (Ventura, CA)
I'm known at least as well by the name Papa Moose as by my real name, especially among OSC fans. I also was at Endercon 2002, and these two pieces of information are somewhat related.

DerrellF (Phoenix, AZ)

Primal_Curve (Milwaukee, WI)

FarmgirlKS (Wichita, KS)

Telperion (Detroit, MI)

lizarda (Springfield, MA)

Lupus80 (Gainesville, FL)

ClaudiaTherese (Madison, WI)

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I can't have meat until tomorrow afternoon, CT.

And if we can deal with trolls, surely we can handle spies?



Shan, those do look familiar.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
What say we spread the paranoia thick and far . . . ?
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Oh, CT - you're just angling for some good ole OOC tonight, aren't you . . .
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
The best part of that list is that I have seniority over Mack and Papa Moose on it....

But not as much as rivka...

[ July 28, 2004, 01:36 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
I just edited my profile over there....
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I want to know who menolly is -- she's in San Diego, and she's clearly a Pern fan as well. But she has her email blocked. Not that it matters much, since I've no plan to pay for a Meetup membership.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Ah, Pern . . . Menolly was my heroine as an unhappy adolescent.

Killashandra is my vision of competent, capable women . . .

Kwea - are you sure you have seniority? I just registered yesterday and my SN is at the top of the list. The others registered before that . . . so, I think that being closer to the top of the list might mean less seniority . . .
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I'm pretty sure you will always come up the top of your own list, unless you click on another city.

Anyway, I've been a Meetup member for over a year, so I should have seniority over all of you. BWAHAHA!
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Now that's funny - I get to be senior here in Oly, huh. I wonder if I'll have a solitary dinner at the chosen place . . . which, if it is Applebee's, has really lovely salads . . . nummy.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
If fewer than four people register sign up for a meetup, it will be canceled, IIRC.
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Hmm. I could still have my salad . . . and enjoy my book and brew, sans child!
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Yep, I am....I told Papa he had to join, and he did AFTER my post...lol
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Eh, our meeting is doomed to failure. I think I am the only one in this area signed up.

Rivka, you've been a member that long? Have you had any of these fabled meet-ups? Did they involve non-hatrackers?
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I've been a Meetup member since before I joined Hatrack -- but not a member of the (brand-new, I think) group for OSC fans. (Actually, it looks like Meetup has started a new category of groups, for fans of authors. I almost signed up for the Octavia Butler group.)

And I've come close to meeting with local BookCrossers (that's the Meetup group I've been a member of the longest), but it has yet to work out. And then I got less interested in BookCrossing . . . so we'll see if I ever go. But they have certainly met in my area most months.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
I don't understand, has someone already set up profiles for some hatrackers on metup?

Lupus, I know of at least two Card fans in Gainesville, one is even on the UFG payroll. But I'm not quite sure of the best way to introduce you all. You know how people kind of are about meeting folks from the internet.

Well, if beverly is doing it... :pinches nose and takes a running leap:
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
Rivka: Oh, forgot about the cross-over of the meetup site. So did you officially sign up for the OSC meetup portion?

Pooka: Cool! Maybe this meeting has a slightly higher chance of happening. But are you going to Kamacon?

[ July 28, 2004, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: beverly ]
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
It said my name was already taken too! So I signed in as realpooka

Kamacon would be a distant, distant possibility. I wonder if we can pull for a provo meeting at a park. maybe the whole angle on this sucker is restaurants pay to be in the meetup vote.

[ July 28, 2004, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: pooka ]
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Yep!

Hey, look! A new member, who says s/he was at Endercon, but without an SN I recognize. Lafayette, IN, hmm?
 

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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 

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maybe the whole angle on this sucker is restaurants pay to be in the meetup vote.

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